What is the ruling if semen is found in the garment of a child below the age of pubertal potential?

Chapter on What Necessitates Ghusl

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 3 · Bab 8

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If the child is younger than the age where seminal emission is considered likely, Ghusl is not obligatory. This is because its presence is not presumed to be from him, so it must be assumed to have come from someone else.